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Contest Success! – 3rd prize at the Oxford & District Brass Band Association Entertainment Contest, 11th October 2009
An early start was the order of the day since the band had been drawn to play first at 9.30am in the main hall at Burford School. As is traditional at brass band contests we played the National Anthem before giving our short 20 minute programme.
We opened with a rousing march Bramwyn before jazzing it up with Basin Street Blues however Jenny our conductor seemed to think this item was going so well that she decided to walk off stage to have a drink of wine offered to her by an audience member. Fortunately the band managed to play on! Slowing the mood down slightly our trombone player continued to entertain the audience with his solo item Every Time We Say Goodbye. Simple Gifts was our final piece ending with a climatic and fast-paced finale.
It was during the final item that the audience was entertained by two of the band members getting up from their seats and giving a fine display of Irish dancing at the front of the stage, a performance that Michael Flatley is sure to have been proud of.
The band were pleased to have won 3rd prize but a little disappointed that all the effort put into providing visual entertainment was not recognised by the adjudicators.
It was extremely good to see so many bands at the contest this year with a total of 14 bands competing across three sections with good quality playing at all levels. Of particular note were the two trombone players from Watford Band who gave virtuoso jazz renditions of two items within the band’s programme.
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